back to you in new york. thank you, peter. and if congress can't make that deal, taxes for every single american all of you watching this morning will go go up on january 1st. here to tell us how much they will go up economic editorial writer for the "wall street journal" author of who is the fairest of them all. the truth about opportunity, taxes and wealth in america. stephen moore. stephan, you are the bearer of bad news this morning. how much are our taxes going to get hit in just two weeks? >> well, good morning, guys. merry christmas. you though, this is an unbelievable situation because it's been, what, five or six weeks since the election. abc it's amazing that they are still as far apart today from getting a deal as they were when we first started talking about this. if we do go over the cliff. by the way i agree with peter. i still there is a slim chance at getting something done next week before new year's eve. but if we don't get that deal, we're talking about a very major tax increase. not just on people like warr